Expenses, expenses

Who knew living on one's own was so expensive. My goodness I eat too much. I think I need to go on a diet just so that I can have money to live on. Sigh.... Oh well, I suppose this is a good life lesson to learn, and I'm sure I can find things to do for free, or at least cheaply. If anything, I'll have to start mooching off the friends more:) Make them feed me. They are all excellent cooks so I don't think that should be too hard. I guess I just never planned out all the proper expenses. But they say you should be poor in your twenties. Makes you appreciate things later on in life. I'm sure no one says that, but I'm going to make it my mantra just to make me feel better. At least I'm short, so I only need one or two drinks before I need to stop...a cheap date!

I've been trying to cut down on my carbon footprints as well as just behave better with the environment. I'm hoping this might save me some money. It amazes me how much my tiny little car eats gas. I've determined that there shall be no driving on the weekends unless absolutely neccessary. I have enough buses, trains, and subways around to ensure that I don't need to drive. It's cheaper anyway, especially with gas being so pricey. Plus I do have two perfectly good legs as well as a bike--and about thirty pounds to lose. I've also been turning off my lights and cutting down on my electricity use. If I'm not there, it doesn't need to be on, even with the sweltering heat. It's nicer outside anyway, plus I'm going to spend six months inside during the horrible, disgusting time of the year known as winter. I might as well enjoy the great outdoors and save a bit of coal and nuclear power. I feel sorry for Europe right now where the air conditioner is not the norm. My mom's house has central air, work has central air, school has central air. I can always find somewhere to go where I won't melt.